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1.2(with reference to a group or organization) split or fragment and become unable to function or exist.

no object‘the movement had fractured without his leadership’

‘We have our high points but then we fracture and split.’

‘The cracks are reappearing; without a common sense of moral purpose, the party will fracture into its constituent, warring factions.’

‘As a consultant, it's not unusual for me to discover a workplace fractured into territories.’

‘By the time he had resigned from his position he'd fractured the organization in two and been accused by his own department as being ‘dangerous’.’

‘We're definitely moving in a positive direction, but each time we make a leap to a new level of functionality, things get more complicated and fractured and difficult for a while.’

‘But the splits that fractured the women's movement are hairline cracks compared with the schisms within the Pankhurst family itself.’

‘The women's movement in Egypt is multi-faceted and fractured.’

‘Large organisations are constructed to fracture and dilute accountability.’

‘In so doing, the organisation can fracture families and, potentially, tie youngsters into a spiral of irresponsible and dangerous behaviour.’

‘All were in the same community - fractured, split apart, nursing bitterness.’

‘So, where do cultural organizations and cultural experiences fit in this increasingly fractured world?’

‘Generations are split up and badly fractured like never before.’

‘For a time, the revolt chilled the atmosphere in which they had to operate and stimulated a vigorous debate within their fracturing movement about the appropriate means to effect the desired end of emancipation.’

‘Is it any wonder that the country grows restive and fractured as common sense seeps away from law enforcement?’

‘Already the wind farm legacy has left fractured and divided host communities, where developers have used the divide and rule strategy by creating winners and losers.’

‘It's a story of passages, of a family that we have known for many years fracturing and moving on in their separate ways.’

‘Without goals, everyone will slip into their own direction, and fracture any sense of unity in the work that is produced.’

‘The Guild fractured and our leaders began attacking one another, so the whole thing collapsed.’

‘With many factions and continuous fracturing, the young country struggled to gain a sense of national union.’

‘So, at the moment you still have security forces that are essentially fractured into two camps.’